Improvement in lamps



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No, 170,522, rammedv Nov. so, 1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNl W. CARTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BENNETT B.SCHNEIDER, OF NEW YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMPS.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,522, dated November30, 1875 ;v application iled Y November 19, 1875.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. CARTER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Lamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawlngs, and to the letters of reference markedhereon, which form a part of this specicaion.

My invention relates to that class of lamps in which the burner issituated away from the oil-reservoir, and connected thereto by a pipe 5and the nature of my invention consists in the construct-,ion of theoil-reservoir with its feeding apparatus, as Will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section,of a lamp embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of theoil-reservoir through the line x a:,-Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe lower end of the oil-reservoir.

`A represents the burner. B is the pipe, connecting the same with thecup C, in which the oil-reservoir D is placed. The reservoir D isconstructed in any suitable form, closed at the top, and provided with aconcave bottom, Dl, in the center of which is fastened an inverted cup,D2, having apertures a a in its sides above the bottom of the reservoir.In the cup D2 is fitted a hollow cylindrical valve, E, havingcorresponding apertures a a', and

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held in the cuprby means of a pin, fr, entering a slot, y, therein, saidpin and slot also acting as stops to limit the movement of the valve.From the valve E extend two arms, b b, into lthe bottom of the cup C,which arms straddle a pin or wire, d, fastened in said cup. t

By simply turning the reservoir D, the .valve is made to open or closethe apertures a, and it will be seen the valve registers from the side,thus admitting all the oil in the reservoir to be discharged into thebottom of the This device is simple, easily operated, and not liable toget out of order.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asl new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the oil-reservoir D, ofthe concave bottom D1,inverted cup D2, with apertures a, and hollow cylindrical valve E, withapertures a', constructed as shown and described, to register from theside, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the valve E, arranged in the bottom of theoil-reservoir D, and provided with the arms b b, and the pin or wire din the cup C, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my owu I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. CARTER.

Witnesses:

J AMES G. SHEEFIELD, W. H. TRIPP.

